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Jesus called them one by one, Peter, Andrew, James and John…

02.19.2017 – New Testament: Mark 3.16–19

To read the Bible in a year, read Mark 3.1–21 on February 19, In the year of our Lord 2017

By Don Ruhl

Those of you who know the Apostles Song, did you start to sing it when you read the title of today’s devotional? I will put the words to the song at the end of today’s devotional. With these twelve men, Jesus changed the world in ways that no one, including the apostles, could have ever imagined. Mark gives us the names of these men,

Simon, to whom He gave the name Peter; James the son of Zebedee and John the brother of James, to whom He gave the name Boanerges, that is, “Sons of Thunder”; Andrew, Philip, Bartholomew, Matthew, Thomas, James the son of Alphaeus, Thaddaeus, Simon the Cananite; and Judas Iscariot, who also betrayed Him. And they went into a house (Mark 3.16–19).

Unfortunately, Judas cut himself off from the most powerful force ever to launch on the Earth.

Questions:

Who is your favorite apostle?

What is it that you like about him?

The Apostles Song

Sung to the tune, “Jesus Loves Me”

Jesus called them one by one,
Peter, Andrew, James and John,
Next came Phillip, Thomas too,
Matthew and Bartholomew.

Yes, Jesus called them,
Yes, Jesus called them,
Yes, Jesus called them,
He called them one by one.
James, the one they called the less,
Simon also Thadaeus,
Twelve apostles Judas made,
Jesus was by him betrayed.

Yes, Jesus called them,
Yes, Jesus called them,
Yes, Jesus called them,
He called them one by one.